Stand-up Comedy

Steve is now a frequent performer on the London stand-up comedy circuit with regular appearances at stand-up comedy clubs such as Comedy at Soho Ho (The Arts Theatre Club), Comedy Camp (Barcode) and BrouHaHa (The Royal Vauxhall Tavern). He has performed across the country at Comedy Clubs and Festivals, including The Caper Club (Sheffield), The Plaza (Stockport), The Station (Sutton Coldfield), B5 (Nightingale, Birmingham), Bent Double (Komedia, Brighton) and Shoulder of Mutton (Lichfield).

A selection of voices in Steve’s stand-up set currently includes: Robin Williams, Ian McKellen as ‘Gandalf’ from Lord of the Rings, Patricia Routledge as ‘Hyacinth’, Ozzy Osbourne, Caroline Aherne as ‘Denise’, Michael Winner, Ricky Tomlinson, Big Brother, Alan Rickman and Dame Maggie Smith as Severous Snape and Professor McGonagall from the Harry Potter movies, Jonathan Ross, Kermit the Frog, Delia Smith, Graham Norton, Tony Blair, Anne Robinson, John Cleese as ‘Basil Fawlty’, Sir David Frost, Charles Kennedy, Johnny Vegas, Penelope Keith as ‘Margot’, Fred Flinstone, Darth Vader, Lloyd Grossman, Julian Clary, Fozzie Bear, Trevor Brooking, Chris Tarrant, Alan Bennett, Lily Savage, David Beckham, Prunella Scales as ‘Sybil’, David Jason as ‘Del Boy’, Kenneth Williams, Baroness Thatcher, Dame Edna Everage, Cilla Black, John Motson, Bruce Forsyth, ‘Wallace and Gromit’, Ann Widdecombe, David Attenborough, Woody Allen, Homer Simpson… and many more…

To hear an audio extract of Steve’s stand-up set, please click here.

For a full range of Steve’s impressions, please visit Steve’s Voice Bank.

For a show reel of Steve’s work, please contact: info@nallon.com

Steve was a ‘stand-up’ comic impressionist back in the mid-1970s well before the advent of alternative comedy in the ’80s and the rise of the comedy club in the ’90s. He began entertaining in small social clubs aged fourteen and by the age of sixteen Steve was a veteran of what was then the main provider of work for young comedians and impressionists, the Working Mens’ Club circuit in the north of England.

Technically Steve’s professional debut was in 1978 when he appeared on ‘The West End Stage’, albeit the stage of Pudsey West End Working Men’s Club in his home town of Leeds. That evening he was told by the concert secretary that ‘one day he would be one of the biggest names in clubland’, a prophetic vision that never quite materialized. Other memorable venues and appearances during the late 1970s included The Talk of Yorkshire (then the leading cabaret venue in the area but, sadly, not too friendly to young talent); Swarcliffe Working Men’s Club (not so leading but always very friendly); Bramley Band (where he was told he was the best impressionist the club had ever seen); Newton Aycliffe Trades and Labour Club (where he was ‘paid-off’, meaning he was paid half his fee and told not to do his second slot); The Alexander (where he died the death one Boxing Day lunchtime) and The Hermit Hill Conservative Club (a club that had no dressing room but it did have the entrance to the gents toilet more or less on the stage). There was also Burmantoft’s Liberal Club, The Railway Club, The Co-operative and Riffle Club, and many, many more. The response to Steve’s act in those days ranged from rapturous cheers to complete indifference. He has had as many beer mats thrown at him as compliments. So, during these teenage years Steve was booed-off and paid-off, the two requisite experiences that were seen by every club performer as the real ‘rite of passage’ into the world of professional entertainment.

Not all experiences at this time were confined to Working Men’s Clubs. Steve also played a short season in Great Yarmouth at a somewhat salacious night club, rather aptly called Fanny’s. The club was a venue that allowed local off-shore workers and lonely single men the opportunity of meeting ladies whose business was local off-shore workers and lonely single men. Fanny’s Night Club, mainly due to complaints about its salacious activities and title, later changed its name to Bristol’s.

Steve recently returned to his roots, creating a new stand-up comedy set. Part of Steve’s stand-up set was broadcast on the hit cult comedy series The Dan and Dusty Show on ITV.

Recent Press Reviews of Edinburgh Festival and one-man shows:

“Steve has an astute aptitude for impersonation and celebrity satire… golden strokes of genius as each new character is revealed.” Metro

“Nallon’s charm effortlessly guides the show along, and said impressions are marvellously accurate… Intelligent, witty – this is high-class top shelf stuff.” Three Weeks

“It’s not just the voices – Nallon has the mannerisms of Robin Williams, Woody Allen, Anne Robinson or Cilla Black down to tee.” Evening Mail

“Keeps his audience enthralled throughout… An enormous wealth of uncanny impersonations.” The Fest

“A great big box of chocolates: plenty of variety, each morsel a gentle delight, equally good on your own or sharing with friends and firm favourites regularly popping up.” Reviews Gate